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The Aftermath: Steps to Recovering from a Malware Attack

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Malware (shorthand for “malicious software”) is any intrusive software that can infiltrate your computer systems to damage or destroy them or to steal data from them. The most common types of malware attacks include viruses, worms, Trojans, and ransomware. Malware attacks are pervasive, and can be devastating to an unprepared business.

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How is Cyber Recovery Different from Disaster Recovery and Backup & Recovery?

Zerto

In an era where cyber threats are constantly evolving, understanding the differences between cyber recovery, disaster recovery (DR) , and backup & recovery is critical to ensuring an organization’s resilience and security. While backups are a critical component of both cyber recovery and DR, they are reactive by nature.

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5 Ways Your DR and Backup Solutions May Be Weakening Your Cyber Resilience

Zerto

Are your disaster recovery and backup solutions up to the task of cyber resilience ? Not Following the 3-2-1-1 Data Protection Rule The 3-2-1 rule is a data backup strategy that has become the industry standard for data protection and disaster readiness, and that keeps on evolving. Consider these five ways they may be deficient.

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The CISOs Guide to Storage & Backup Cyber Resiliency

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Data about the security posture of their storage and backup systems is either woefully deficient or missing entirely. That state of affairs is likely to remain until the inherent risk posed by vulnerable storage and backup systems is addressed. That means they are wide open to attack from ransomware and other forms of malware.

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Best practices for verifying and validating your backups

Acronis

Many IT teams and companies think they’re successfully backing up their data and applications, only to have unpleasant surprises in the case of a malware attack, outage or other event. To overcome these challenges, you need to make sure you’re verifying that your backups are working exactly how you think they should.

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Four Attack Vectors for Web Applications Being Targeted by Ransomware

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The shift to remote work has pushed even more applications out of the data center and onto the internet. The Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that for hacking, web applications are the biggest attack vector in use, accounting for more than 80% of all data breaches. Application access. Application access.

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Catch My Drift? How To Manage Configuration Drift In Storage & Backup Systems

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Continuity’s Doron Youngerwood offers insights on how to manage configuration drift in storage and backup systems. Configuration drift happens when the configurations of storage and backup systems and software deviate from a baseline or standard configuration over time. How To Identify Configuration Drifts?

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